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efficiency of CSR standards
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The aim of the paper is to disclose the limitations of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) standards. First, the aims and forms of CSR standardisation and the spectrum of CSR standards including their possible classifications are presented. The next part of the paper deals with the empirical data verifying the efficiency of CSR standards which often prove to be dysfunctional or even enhancing irresponsibility. The last part is devoted to the analysis of the causes of the unreliability of CSR standards.References
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